Head of Digital Contracts in London

Head of Digital
England > London

The median Head of Digital daily rate in London is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 377 487
Rank change year-on-year +29 +110 +99
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Digital 5 14 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.079% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.084% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 3
10th Percentile £490 - £763
25th Percentile £513 £415 £781
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £875
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -31.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £838 - £944
90th Percentile £913 £601 £948
England median daily rate £575 £600 £775
% change year-on-year -4.17% -22.58% +6.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Head of Digital
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of Digital in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Digital in London

Head of Digital
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Digital in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Digital in London

Head of Digital
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Digital in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Digital in London

Head of Digital Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Digital contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Head of Digital in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Magento
3 1 (20.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management

Head of Digital Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce